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Governor's Environmental Budget

Last week, the Governor’s Office presented its Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14. The Environmental Budget totals approximately $3 Billion, or roughly 4% of the total $74.2 Billion budget. No surprise, the largest percentage of the total budget is allocated to Health and Human Services at approximately $31 Billion (41.7%) followed by Education at approximately $22 Billion (29.7%).

The Governor’s Recommended Environmental Budget is further broken down as follows:

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - $1.2 Billion

• $60 million for Everglades Restoration

• $75 million for Florida Forever

• $25 million for Beach Restoration Projects

• $135 million for Petroleum Tank Cleanup Projects

• $19 million for State Park Repairs and Enhancements/Remove Access Barriers

• $269.8 million for Water Resource and Restoration Programs

$142.7 million for Wastewater Treatment Facility Construction

$23.3 million for Small Community Wastewater Grants

$72.9 million for Drinking Water Facility Construction

$6.4 million for Total Maximum Daily Loads

$14.4 million for Nonpoint Source Management Planning

$7.1 million for Increases to Springs Restoration and Protection

$3 million for Apalachicola Bay Restoration Projects

Reductions

DEP - $12.3 million and 125 positions

District offices - $3.6M and 78 positions

Water Resources Management - $1.1M and 14 positions

Air Resources Management program efficiencies - $l million

AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES - $1.4 Billion

• $4 million for Citrus Research

• $6.1 million for Citrus Health Response Program ($500,000 CHMAs)

• $500,000 for Expansion of Budwood Facility

• $3 million for Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protections Areas

• $1.5 million for Agricultural Best Management Practices

• $3.8 million for Giant African Land Snail Eradication Program

• $3.1 million for Replacement of Wildfire Suppression Equipment

• $2.5 million for Additional Authority for School Lunch and Breakfast Programs